starting Linux through tftp
Hello, is it possible to start Linux through a tftp server? I mean not the installation program, but the installed Linux itself? How can I create a tftp image and pass kernel arguments to it? Please tell me where can I find documentation on this. Thanks, Csaba
Pine (pico?)
I guess I will likely be beaten for asking - but ... Is there some significance as to there not being a pine package in the Debian distro? I did some looking and apparently it is lacking - not just for Sparc but for all platforms? OK, I am not a wuss I am learning vim and emacs better, but I just was wondering if maybe I am not looking correctly or if there is another reason that pine is missing? ??? -Bill- :] ---Sx-- Three virtues of programming: laziness, impatience, hubris Three virtues of community : diligence, patience, humility -- Larry Wall, Author of perl
Re: Pine (pico?)
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some significance as to there not being a pine package in the Debian distro? I did some looking and apparently it is lacking - not just for Sparc but for all platforms? Pine and pico are not available for legal reasons. (redistribution of modified versions not allowed) OK, I am not a wuss I am learning vim and emacs better, but I just was wondering if maybe I am not looking correctly or if there is another reason that pine is missing? If you like pico, you should be happy with nano as an editor. (Nano drove me up a wall when it was installed as the default editor, had word-wrap enabled, and I needed to edit /etc/apt/sources.list .) Further discussion of alternatives should go on debian-user. Legal discussions should go on debian-legal. You can look up the discussion of pine in the archives of debian-legal. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html Text is a way we cheat time. -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Re: Pine (pico?)
The pine license is why's it's not in debian. However, if you have non-free deb sites in your sources.list, you can build the deb yourself - apt-get source pine On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, iudicium ferat wrote: I guess I will likely be beaten for asking - but ... Is there some significance as to there not being a pine package in the Debian distro? I did some looking and apparently it is lacking - not just for Sparc but for all platforms? OK, I am not a wuss I am learning vim and emacs better, but I just was wondering if maybe I am not looking correctly or if there is another reason that pine is missing? ??? -Bill- :] ---Sx-- Three virtues of programming: laziness, impatience, hubris Three virtues of community : diligence, patience, humility -- Larry Wall, Author of perl -- --)) --)) Mark T. Valites Unix Systems Analyst 1 College Circle - 124b1 South Hall SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, NY 14454 585-245-5577 585-259-3471 (Cell) 585-245-5579 (Fax)
Re: starting Linux through tftp
--- Regeci Zoltan Csaba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, is it possible to start Linux through a tftp server? I mean not the installation program, but the installed Linux itself? How can I create a tftp image and pass kernel arguments to it? Please tell me where can I find documentation on this. You will want to look into the Linux Terminal Server Project (www.ltsp.org) and read the Network Boot and Exotic Root HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO/index.html). I'm booting linux boxes with TFTP images on x86, but I imagine it's gotta be possible for sparc. Matthew H. Ray __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
Re: starting Linux through tftp
* Regeci Zoltan Csaba [EMAIL PROTECTED] [04-11-2002 13:29]: is it possible to start Linux through a tftp server? I mean not the installation program, but the installed Linux itself? How can I create a tftp image and pass kernel arguments to it? Please tell me where can I find documentation on this. Perhaps use Google with search terms like netboot or diskless (client). I have never done anything like that so I can't be more specific, but I remember seeing documentation about this when I created an install server for my Sun. Bob
Sound on Ultra 30
Hey all. I've got debian 3 stable running on an Ultra 30, and most everything is rosy. Has anyone been successful in getting sound working on these? Is it a known problem? I checked the archives, but saw nothing specific, and tinkering with the current set of kernel modules (2.4.18) i didn't find anything that helped. Thanks for any help. ~j
Re: starting Linux through tftp
It looks like it's supported (sort of), but I've never tried it. Section 6.8 at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-partitioning.en.html has a small amount of info.
Re: starting Linux through tftp
There is nothing special about creating the tftp image. Just take a regular kernel and convert it from ELF to a.out format, using the elftoaout tool. The (sort of) tricky part is getting the TFTP server to serve it. I have some related information at: http://toolbox.rutgers.edu/~amurphy/fai/fai-howto For help on your question see the sections labeled: Boot Process Explained, RARP Config, TFTP Config. The Open Prom can pass along arguments to the kernel. Austin Murphy Student Systems Programmer Rutgers University On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Regeci Zoltan Csaba wrote: Hello, is it possible to start Linux through a tftp server? I mean not the installation program, but the installed Linux itself? How can I create a tftp image and pass kernel arguments to it? Please tell me where can I find documentation on this.
Re: Adding new ethernet card to Sun20
I assume you already did a touch /reconfigure and then rebooted or a boot -r from the ok prompt? From: Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: todd.sarratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Adding new ethernet card to Sun20 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 23:45:00 -0500 I'm sure I'm missing something very obvious. What is it? Sounds to me like it is not being probed by a proper driver. Try doing: ifconfig -a If you don't see eth2, it isn't initialized by the kernel. Try looking at dmesg | less for signs of a problem. Also, at the OBP prompt do probe-sbus-all to make sure it is being detected. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp
Re: Sound on Ultra 30
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 11:45:35AM -0600, J wrote: I've got debian 3 stable running on an Ultra 30, and most everything is rosy. Has anyone been successful in getting sound working on these? Is it a known problem? I checked the archives, but saw nothing specific, and tinkering with the current set of kernel modules (2.4.18) i didn't find anything that helped. I'm not sure about the hardware in an Ultra 30, but it's probably similar enough to Ultra 1 and 10, which I have working. Make sure the cs4231 module is loaded. Then compare the output of 'audioctl -a' on your box to mine (below). Specifically, check 'output_muted', 'play.gain', and 'play.port'. For some reason, kernel 2.4.x seems to come up muted, where 2.2.x didn't. Later, Rob. 'audioctl -a': name=SUNW,CS4231 version=a config=onboard1 encodings=not yet implemented monitor_gain=0 output_muted=0 play.rate=44100 play.channels=2 play.precision=16 play.encoding=linear_be play.gain=128 play.balance=0 play.port=0x1 (speaker (0x1)) play.avail_ports=0x7 (speaker (0x1)|headphone (0x2)|line out (0x4)|line_out (0x4)) play.samples=4096 play.eof=0 play.pause=0 play.error=0 play.waiting=0 play.open=0 play.active=0 play.buffer_size=0 record.rate=44100 record.channels=2 record.precision=16 record.encoding=linear_be record.gain=0 record.balance=32 record.port=0x0 () record.avail_ports=0x47 (microphone (0x1)|line in (0x2)|line_in (0x2)|internal cd (0x4)|internal_cd (0x4)|analog loopback (0x40)|analog_loopback (0x40)) record.samples=0 record.eof=0 record.pause=0 record.error=0 record.waiting=0 record.open=0 record.active=0 record.buffer_size=0 record.errors=0 pgprMgjgycG8C.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sound on Ultra 30
In a Land far away J wrote: Hey all. I've got debian 3 stable running on an Ultra 30, and most everything is rosy. Has anyone been successful in getting sound working on these? Is it a known problem? I checked the archives, but saw nothing specific, and tinkering with the current set of kernel modules (2.4.18) i didn't find anything that helped. Thanks for any help. ~j Yeah I have it working on mine. The one thing I remember having a problem with it is that for what ever reason if i have sound card support enabled it wouldnt work. You just need Audio support under sparc audio and the cs4231 modules. Hope that helps. cheers -- /usr/games/fortune -s ~/.sig; cat ~/.sig Nat
Could someone help with XFree86 on an Ultra 10.
Hi all, I have a nicely speced Ultra 10 here at home and have installed debian woody on it. The machines specs are as follows. Sun Ultra 10 440Mhz US2i 512M ram 2 x 20G HDD CDROM 21 dual input Sun Trinitron monitor Elite 3D M6 frame buffer. My problem is I cant get a working XF86Config-4 I wanto to just use teh Elite 3D for now with a view to go dual screens later on. I have installed afbinit and it is initialising the frame buffer. Doesn't matter what config I try, I get the following error. Fatal server error: Caught signal 10. Server aborting Any help pointers or config files would be greatly appreciated. In Desperation, John Telek
Re: Could someone help with XFree86 on an Ultra 10.
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:42:33 +1100 John Telek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My problem is I cant get a working XF86Config-4 I wanto to just use teh Elite 3D for now with a view to go dual screens later on. Doesn't matter what config I try, I get the following error. Fatal server error: Caught signal 10. Server aborting Sounds pretty much identical to an U10 I have running Woody. Could you maybe post your XF86Config for us? I can compare it to mine tomorrow (unfortunately the machine in question is running Solaris at this second and it's six miles away so I can't easily boot it into linux). Assuming nobody solves your problem before then! AJ
Sun Blade 100 config
Hi all, I am trying to get Woody running on my Sun Blade 100. I am having no end of problems. Have upgraded to the latest OBP/POST. It seems the only kernel I can get to boot (without MMU Miss problems) is: http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/3.0.23-2002-10-05/netinst.iso.bz2 at the end of the kernel load I get errors about needing a valid root= I have tried /sparc64 initrd=/root.bin (on the above ISO) but I always get MMU Miss when it tries to init the ramdisk prior to loading the kernel. As the kernel loads it looks like it inits a good ramdisk with no problems. Also as the kernel loads I am gettings lots of lost interrupt for my HDD/CD. My Sun Blade 100, is very standard 15GB HDD, 256MB RAM, standard in-built video card. Any Ideas? Thanks, Warren. P.S. Free Sun merchandise to the best helper ;-) begin:vcard n:Hughes;Warren tel;cell:+64 21 633324 tel;fax:+64 9 9775801 tel;work:+64 9 9775837 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:SolNet Ltd version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Account Manager adr;quoted-printable:;;Sun Microsystems House=0D=0ALevel 1, 10 Viaduct Harbour Avenue=0D=0A;Auckland;;1001;New Zealand x-mozilla-cpt:;-14656 fn:Warren Hughes end:vcard
The postgresql/libcrypto problem
I managed to narrow down the exact cause of the postgresql configure script failing to detect that long long is 64 bits on the Sparc. It seems that libcrypto.so is dynamically exporting __muldi3 and other symbols that it pulls in from libgcc.a, but v[89]/libcrypto.so do not contain these symbols. So the conftest.c compiles, but fails to load because of a missing symbol. My proposed solution (bug 167831) is to use a simple version script that makes symbols starting with __ local when linking libcrypto.so on the Sparc. This problem may occur with any other library that provides different versions for v8/v9. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sun Blade 100 config
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 04:32:01PM +1300, Warren Hughes wrote: Hi all, I am trying to get Woody running on my Sun Blade 100. I am having no end of problems. Have upgraded to the latest OBP/POST. It seems the only kernel I can get to boot (without MMU Miss problems) is: http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/3.0.23-2002-10-05/netinst.iso.bz2 at the end of the kernel load I get errors about needing a valid root= I have tried /sparc64 initrd=/root.bin (on the above ISO) but I always get MMU Miss when it tries to init the ramdisk prior to loading the kernel. As the kernel loads it looks like it inits a good ramdisk with no problems. boot cdrom /boot/sparc64 initrd=/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin Also as the kernel loads I am gettings lots of lost interrupt for my HDD/CD. I've heard that the latest OBP is causing some problems. You may want to back down to an older version. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
